The response to the criticism of Kate Clanchy’s memoir was a moral failure on the part of white publishing—and an artistic failure too
Whitfield wins Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award for ‘compelling’ debut
Debut author Clare Whitfield has been awarded the Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award 2021 for People of Abandoned Character (Head of Zeus), a fresh take on the Jack the Ripper story.
Open letter: on booksellers
In praise of booksellers and of bookshops by Bridget Collins, author.
Knights Of gets first public investor as 9 Story acquires stake
Nine Story Media Group has acquired a minority equity stake in Knights Of, becoming the inclusive publisher's first public investor.
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for October 1, 2021
Today's Featured Deals In Case You Missed Yesterday's Most Popular Deals Previous Daily Deals Murder on Cold Street by Sherry Thomas for $2.99 These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong for $1.99 This Is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper for $2.99 Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer for $2.99 Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi for $4.99 The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa for $1.99 The Black Witch by Laurie Forest for $2.99 The Revisioners by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton for $1.99 The Trial of Lizzie Borden by Cara Robertson for $2.99 These Toxic Things by Rachel Howzell Hall...
The sensitivity stereotype
I used the term ‘sensitivity readers’ for the first time the other day, and I immediately felt angry at myself. It’s a concept (or service) that I’ve been involved in for a few years now, and yet only recently have I learned of the now well-established title of the ‘sensitivity reader’ in the publishing world. Personally, in describing the role in this way, I think we are doing it a huge disservice and inadvertently playing into the ‘snowflake’ narrative.
Andersen Press scoops fiction debut from Quarto’s Cotton
Andersen Press has scooped the fiction debut of Katie Cotton, group publisher at the Quarto Group.
Trapeze wins 10-way auction for Tracini’s ‘hilarious and heartbreaking’ debut
Trapeze has triumphed in a 10-publisher auction for the debut from presenter Joe Tracini about life with Borderline Personality Disorder.
Evaristo, Moore and Logan get Nielsen Bestseller Awards
Bernardine Evaristo, Captain Sir Thomas Moore and T M Logan have won Nielsen Bestseller Awards for passing milestone sales thresholds during 2021.
Women’s Prize Discoveries programme returns in Audible partnership
The Women's Prize Trust Discoveries writing development programme is returning this year in partnership with Audible and backed by Curtis Brown.
